NAC Breda, often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divisie. In their history, NAC won one national title in 1921 and won one Cup in 1973.
Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has 185,072 inhabitants on 13 September 2022 and is part of the Brabantse Stedenrij; it is the ninth largest city/municipality in the country, and the third largest in North Brabant after Eindhoven and Tilburg. It is equidistant between Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Ernstus "Ernie" Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Robert Molenaar is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who most recently coached NAC Breda. He played as a centre-back for FC Volendam, Leeds United, Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal.
Kees Luijckx is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He earned 7 caps with the Netherlands U21 youth team.
Robert Braber is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the assistant coach of Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.
Michael Christiaan Dingsdag is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He is currently working as a youth coach at NAC Breda.
Robert Patrick Maaskant is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder.
Antonius Johannes Jacobus "Ton" Lokhoff is a Dutch football manager and former player, currently serving as assistant coach and interim head coach of NAC Breda.
Anthonius Petrus Lurling, simply known as Anthony Lurling, is a Dutch former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jens Christiaan Hubert Peter Willen Janse is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back for Terni Est in the Italian Promozione. He formerly played for Willem II, NAC Breda, Córdoba CF, Dinamo Tbilisi, Ternana and VVV-Venlo.
Rob Penders is a Dutch football coach and a former player who mainly played for NAC Breda during his career. He is the assistant manager of Utrecht. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined NAC Breda. He played there for 10 seasons.
Cornelus Bernardus Rijvers was a Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder and later as coach for PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team.
Antonius Wilhelmus Verlegh, known as Antoon Verlegh and Rat Verlegh was a Dutch football player and administrator who is best known for his association with NAC Breda, whose Rat Verlegh Stadion is named in his honour. Verlegh was a player, coach, editor, secretary, member of the board, vice chairman and chairman of honour at NAC Breda. He also had several important positions at the KNVB and he was considered to be one of the football icons in The Netherlands until the 1950s.
Kees Kwakman is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Between 2004 and 2018, he played for FC Volendam, Groningen, RBC Roosendaal, NAC Breda, FC Augsburg and Bidvest Wits. In the summer of 2018, Kwakman retired from football and became a pundit with Fox Sports Eredivisie.
Leonard Canjels was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda.
Cornelis Wilhelmus "Cor" Kools was a Dutch football player and manager who played his entire career for NAC Breda. Kools played 16 international matches for the Netherlands, scoring three times, and participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Kools is also a member of honour of NAC Breda. He died in Breda.
Welat Cagro is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Beerschot.
Beau Reus is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Beveren.
Yassine Azzagari is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
